They could just rebrand it as a powerful tool designed for arctic climate research.
Apple fans returning new MacBook Pros with Core i9
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Re: Apple fans returning new MacBook Pros with Core i9
#22Earlier quoted context omitted.
I think the comment that they can't build top-notch hardware isn't entirely true. Airpods really made an impression. We also need to count the fact that the entire PC laptop market is in some kind of limbo. Few tried touch and then hybrid then detachable. At least Apple is still kicking in the game I'd say.
I might miss something, but what's so great about the airpods? Mediocre sound quality ( literally my 8 bucks earpods have a better sound) and leaking so much sound it's obnoxious (if you're disturbed by music in the subway, look around: it's probably someone with Apple earplugs). I don't think they were the first to make bluetooth earplugs? Is it the miniaturisation? The touch-sensitive thing?
They look incredibly stupid as well. Style fail.
Re: Apple fans returning new MacBook Pros with Core i9
#23Earlier quoted context omitted.
I think the comment that they can't build top-notch hardware isn't entirely true. Airpods really made an impression. We also need to count the fact that the entire PC laptop market is in some kind of limbo. Few tried touch and then hybrid then detachable. At least Apple is still kicking in the game I'd say.
I might miss something, but what's so great about the airpods? Mediocre sound quality ( literally my 8 bucks earpods have a better sound) and leaking so much sound it's obnoxious (if you're disturbed by music in the subway, look around: it's probably someone with Apple earplugs). I don't think they were the first to make bluetooth earplugs? Is it the miniaturisation? The touch-sensitive thing?
The fact that they make you look like an ignoramous?
Re: Apple fans returning new MacBook Pros with Core i9
#24It's not the CPU - it's the combination of the GPU and CPU. The CPU only benchmarks run without throttling https://www.geekbench.com/blog/2018/07/macbook-pro-mid-2018-...
He tested the i7, not sure if that is comparable.
Re: Apple fans returning new MacBook Pros with Core i9
#25What's up with Apple? Seems to me like they should have just dropped the i9 option altogether, since they couldn't make it work. It just further torpedoes their fading reputation for being able to build top-notch hardware.
They are re-living their 2003-2004 period when the IBM PPC G5 CPU was way too hot and power hungry to put in the PowerBook and it needed water cooling in the PowerMac. Back then their solution was to switch to Intel CPUs. Now it's probably going to be to switch to in-house designed ARM CPUs.
> in-house designed ARM CPUs.
What could possibly go wrong!
Re: Apple fans returning new MacBook Pros with Core i9
#26What's up with Apple? Seems to me like they should have just dropped the i9 option altogether, since they couldn't make it work. It just further torpedoes their fading reputation for being able to build top-notch hardware.
Their design pipeline may be years deep. It's entirely possible they expected Intel to have completely exhausted their bowels from their bed-shitting by now and Intel has surprised them by continuing to soil the sheets.
I'd bet anything Apple believed there'd have been a process shrink by now and they'd be able to get more cores in the same case design. Maybe Apple's been torpedoed but it's Intel doing the torpedoing.
Re: Apple fans returning new MacBook Pros with Core i9
#27Earlier quoted context omitted.
I think the comment that they can't build top-notch hardware isn't entirely true. Airpods really made an impression. We also need to count the fact that the entire PC laptop market is in some kind of limbo. Few tried touch and then hybrid then detachable. At least Apple is still kicking in the game I'd say.
I might miss something, but what's so great about the airpods? Mediocre sound quality ( literally my 8 bucks earpods have a better sound) and leaking so much sound it's obnoxious (if you're disturbed by music in the subway, look around: it's probably someone with Apple earplugs). I don't think they were the first to make bluetooth earplugs? Is it the miniaturisation? The touch-sensitive thing?
Yeah, your 8 buck earpods in no way sound better, quit with the hyperbole. Maybe they sound better to you.
Yep, they may not have been the first, but once again, they come in and have a bunch of refinements that just make them stand out.
I've had bluetooth headphones before, and from pairing to loss of sync when moving more than a couple of metres away, AirPods beat them hands down.
Re: Apple fans returning new MacBook Pros with Core i9
#28Headline: "Apple fans are returning their new MacBook Pros that cost a minimum of $2,800 because they can't reach the advertised speeds" Actual data: two Reddit comments that say they're going to return their MacBooks What's wrong with the headline "Youtuber finds New MacBook Pros Not Performing as Advertised" or "Youtuber finds Cooling Issues with High Performance MacBook"? It's basically useless to read headlines f…
The whole piece does have a general hot air feeling to it...
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Re: Apple fans returning new MacBook Pros with Core i9
#29It's not the CPU - it's the combination of the GPU and CPU. The CPU only benchmarks run without throttling https://www.geekbench.com/blog/2018/07/macbook-pro-mid-2018-...
Geekbenchmark runs it tests in bursts with short delays between them to allow for the SoC to dissipate heat. They implemented that so laptops and cellphones wouldn't overheat, or thermally throttle while running the benchmark.
https://www.xda-developers.com/geekbench-ceo-fireside-chat-p...
I get that Geekbenchmark is extremely accessible, but it is not rigorous.
Citing a benchmark that's designed to avoid thermal issues, as proof a chip doesn't have thermal issues is just bad.
Re: Apple fans returning new MacBook Pros with Core i9
#30Earlier quoted context omitted.
I think the comment that they can't build top-notch hardware isn't entirely true. Airpods really made an impression. We also need to count the fact that the entire PC laptop market is in some kind of limbo. Few tried touch and then hybrid then detachable. At least Apple is still kicking in the game I'd say.
I might miss something, but what's so great about the airpods? Mediocre sound quality ( literally my 8 bucks earpods have a better sound) and leaking so much sound it's obnoxious (if you're disturbed by music in the subway, look around: it's probably someone with Apple earplugs). I don't think they were the first to make bluetooth earplugs? Is it the miniaturisation? The touch-sensitive thing?
They just... work really well.
Sound quality is good enough, mic quality is pretty good, the battery lasts forever and then they also recharge extremely quickly in the carrying case, they pair without any trouble to my phone and mac, etc.
At least in my past experience you have to mess around with bluetooth headphones constantly to get them to work. With AirPods, you hardly need to.